Change of Heart

When i head to my local library i do not hold my breath in anticipation of finding something that i am looking for. last week, sitting on the new rack was Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. a couple of my friends have mentioned that they planned to read it. of course it made it onto my mental book list. i am so glad that God brought it into my life when he did.

a couple of quotes:


"This is my sinple religion.
There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;
the philosophy is kindness."

-His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

p. 283

"An individual can have a religion," he said. "He can't have a religious institution. But it seems to me that Shay Bourne is standing in a tradition similar to the ones the Gnostic Christians did nearly two thousand years ago. He's not the first to say that he can't name his faith. He's not the first to find a path to salvation that is different from others you've heard about. And he's certainly not the first to mistrust the body - to literally want to give it away, as a means to finding divinity inside oneself. But just because he doesn't have a church with a white steeple over his head, or a temple with a six-pointed star surrounding him, doesn't mean that his beliefs are any less worthy." p. 316

"Religion often gets in the way of God"
-Bono, at the national prayer breakfast, Febuary 2, 2006 p. 343


"I personally feel that it's just as worthy on a weekend to rake the lawn of an elderly neighbor or to climb a mountain and marvel at the beauty of this land we live in as it is to sing hosannas or fo to mass. In other words, I think every man finds his own church - and not all of them have four walls." p.399

"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein p.443

if you know me, you know that i face a personal fit with those around me. those whom have made it clear that my personal religion is not good enough. so to them, go sit on your ass.... i will just continue to do it the way i have. AND along the way i hope to learn more about the Gnostic Gospels.

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